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Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) and Role of A Biostatistician

Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) and Role of A Biostatistician. Irving K. Hwang, PhD ICG. The 2011 3 rd Annual Meeting of DIA China Beijing , China May 16-18, 2011. Outline. Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) 独立数据监测委员会 Names of A Few

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Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) and Role of A Biostatistician

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  1. Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) and Role of A Biostatistician Irving K. Hwang, PhD ICG The 2011 3rdAnnual Meeting of DIA China Beijing, China May 16-18, 2011

  2. Outline • Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) 独立数据监测委员会 • Names of A Few • Why Monitor Trial Data? • Clinical Trial Bodies • iDMC Components • Role of A Biostatistician • As iDMC Chair • As iDMC Member • As independent Statistician • Personal Experiences

  3. Independent Data Monitoring Committee(iDMC) 独立数据监测委员会

  4. Names of A Few • Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) • Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) • Data & Safety Monitoring Board/Committee (DSMB/DSMC) 数据和安全监测委员会 • Ethical Review Committee (ERC) • …

  5. Why Monitor Trial data? NIH Policy; ICH E6, E9 Guidelines; FDA/EMA Guidance/Guideline: • Monitoring trial conduct: progress, performance, and quality - a routine • Monitoring trial ongoing outcome data • Safety - a must! • Efficacy • Pending the size, phase, and potential risk of the intervention, an iDMC may be appointed * * Often mandated by the FDA a/o NIH/NCI

  6. Clinical Trial Bodies • Sponsor/CRO • Investigators • Trial Coordinator (Lead PI) • Steering Committee/Policy Board/ • Executive Committee (SC/PB/EC) • Independent Data Monitoring Committee (iDMC) • Data Analysis Center (DAC) • Endpoint Adjudication Committee (EAC) • Trial site IRBs

  7. iDMC Components • iDMC charter • iDMC membership (expertise, independence, & conflict of interest) • iDMC roles & responsibilities • Data Analysis Center (DAC)/independent statistician • Documents for iDMC (Charter; IB; protocol; tables, figures, MedWatch & CIOMS forms; IA reports) • Data monitoring plan/guidelines; Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) • Meetings (open/closed; scheduled/ad hoc; F2F/TC), quorum, minutes, and recommendations (non-binding) • Sponsor’s responsibilities • Termination of iDMC

  8. Role of A Biostatistician

  9. Role of A Biostatistician • As: • iDMC Chair • iDMC Member • Independent Statistician (non-voting)

  10. As iDMC Chair • Provides leadership to the iDMC. As the primary contact person between the iDMC and Sponsor. Also, to regulatory authorities, as necessary. • Chairs the iDMC meetings (open, closed, and adhoc) • Provides statistical expertise to the iDMC • Responsible for the closed meeting minutes. Maintains the minutes till the end of the trial. • As spoke person for the iDMC and delivers iDMC recommendation to the Sponsor • One size fits all – almost!

  11. As iDMC Member • As the primary contact person between the iDMC and the independent statistician • Provides statistical expertise to the iDMC. As the spoke person for the iDMC on statistical issues. Assists the iDMC Chair and other members in making sensible decision/recommendation. • Reviews and comments on meeting minutes • A key person to be present for maintaining the quorum of the iDMC meetings.

  12. As Independent Statistician • Independent of the Sponsor, investigators, and iDMC. • As the bridge between the iDMC and the Sponsor • Provides safety tables/figures and/or interim analysis reports to the iDMC • May be present in the closed iDMC meeting for presentation, questioning, and clarification of data. • Excused when iDMC is making the final vote

  13. Personal Experiences • As: • iDMC Chair • Ph IIb trial - Prophylaxis of VTE after knee replacement surgery • iDMC Member • Ph III trial - Rx for Type II diabetes • Ph IIIb trial – Rx for recent onset of symptomatic AF • Ph II-III trial – Rx for flat warts • Independent Statistician • Ph III trial – Rx for constipation relief in patients with use of chronic opioids

  14. Remarks • All trials need a data & safety monitoring plan • Some may need (or mandate) an iDMC; now the number is ever-mounting • Plan ahead with written Charter & SOP • No single statistical rule to be used for decision-making • Implications of iDMC • Independence; confidentiality • Trial safety; efficacy • Trial quality; integrity; credibility

  15. Canner (1981) “Decision-making in clinical trials is often complicated and often protracted. … No single statistical decision rule or procedure can take place of well-reasoned consideration of all aspects of the data by a group of concerned, competent and experienced persons with a wide range of scientific backgrounds and point of view.”

  16. What Cannertalked about in the 1980’s “a group of concerned, competent and experienced persons” was exactly the iDMC!

  17. Selected References • ICH E9 Guidance (1998) • FDA Draft Guidance for Clinical Trial Sponsors: Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees (2005) • EMEA Guideline on Data Monitoring Committees (2005) • Ellenberg SS et al. (2002) Wiley • Hwang, IK (1992) Peace ed. Mercel Dekker • Hwang, IK (2005) Buncher & Tsay ed. Chapman & Hall • Canner, PL (1981) Cont Clin Trials

  18. 谢 谢 各 位 !

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